The Guymon Herald. (Guymon, Okla.), Vol. 24, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 30, 1914 Page: 2 of 8
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The City National Bank of Guymon
Guymon, Oklahoma
United States Postal Savings Depository.
Ample resources to take good care of our patrons.
Accounts solicited.
OVER OKLAHOM \
J-'turner, who appealed The supreme
court refers to the law that "no per-
' son shall be eligible to any county
office unless he shall be at the time
Watch out the ankylostomiasis
doesn't get you. Course you know fle<J voter of the county." The
that h the highbrow title of the hoo - m#Bt made by Judg«> Turner is
worm, learnedly remark* the Tulsa ^ ^ ge< tlon Jf ,t gha„ be he!d
World. t0 he a valid iaW( and the court doe*
" . . ; not pass upon the validity of the
Walter Ferguson says a pi< k was, ^ that ^ pergoM gha„
oaed in the ceremony of starting me i & lia"ed voter ..,n the b0dy" of
Oklahoma caoltol building which U|it_ ... qualtfled
to the Oklaboman. lt' presenter's friend, and every farmer thit
owner la A. L. Schumacher, a qui*- want* success should follow the ex-
farmer. who has lived in southern ample of this wise and progressive
Oklahoma for a number of years man Some objections have betn
The sword was the gift of Schumac raised to the alio, especially by those
er s father, who died a few year who have not tried them. The fo'.-
ago and is buried in Carter count;- lowing are Mr. Brine's answers
The first authentic history the faml > Stock never tire of it. Stock thrive
has of the sword Is that it waa used better on silage than on any feed,
by the great-grandfather of the pre=- No silage spoiled on him It is|
ent owner at King s mountain and cheaper to feed silage than dry feed
afterward followed the fortunes o because every bit is us?d; none crum-
the < olonists until the surrender o: i bles and blows away and no hard
'Cornwallis at Yorktown in 17t l stalks are left There will be eno-igh I
After the British had been driven feed wasted this season to earr> ^
from the shores of America and farmers through several year? Sa e
peace was restored the swor i j it, you've got time; dig one or two
adorned the wall of the old Re o llos and you - an laugh at droughts, j
lutlonary hero until the call to arm A 1" by 20 silo costs less than 1'>
was again sounded and the patriot, and it will save hundreds.—Optima
sons of America were again cal ed Optimist.
upon to rei el the invader. Th
Oklahoma capitol building
highly proper In view of the mann<*r
In which the treasury has been
the county. Women are
voters in school district -elections
and as such, it is held, this petitioner
picked during the past seven years. | ^ r(.(|U,remPnt8 of the |aw.
This decision will be of interest In
Eight dollars per barrel is what
the products of one barrel of Okla-
homa oil sells for in Pennsylvania.
This ia figuring the gasoline at only
12 cents and the kerosene at 5 cents.
This same oil is bought for 75 cents
and It cost 25 cents to transport 1L
—Pawhuska Capital.
A Tulsa county farmer got lost In
• cornfield of 500 acres and came
near suffocating before his friends
who had missed blm. finally located
him. The cornfield Is located in
fertile bottom, and the stalks ars 18
feet high, forming a veritable forest.
—Altus Times.
Mosqulte Bend item in Sunday's
Oklahoman: "Hank Broadsides de-
parted this life last Saturday night
After life's fitful fever he sleeps
well. He swallowed a potato bug
la the morning while taking h!« first
chew of tobacco, and took a dose of
parls green to kill the bug. The
bug died also."
The pompous Judge glared sternly
over his spectacles at the tattered
prisoner who had been dragged be-
fore the bar of Justice on a charge
of vagrancy. "Have you ever earned
a dollar In your life!" he asked In
fine scorn. "Yes, your honor." was
the response. "I voted for you at
the last election."
Speaking of the recent acquittal
of the ex-polltlcal degenerate who
deliberately murdered Kditor
Schenck of Sulphur last year In the
coldest blood, the Daily Oklahoman
had the followlnj timely article in
Sunday's editorial columns: "Harry
Thaw shot and killed Stanford Whits
every county of the state, Inasmuch
as there has been contention in prac-
tically every county by women who
wanted to run for county offices and
who were prevented from doing so
by a construction of the law that
made It adverse to them.
When you begin to enumerate the
many drawbacks and disadvantages
that Oklahoma seems to have, don't
forget the blessing of the cool nlg.its
No matter how hot It may get in
Oklahoma In the day time, as soon
as night falls, almost without excep-
tion there springs up a cool and re-
freshing breeze from the southeast
that makes sleeping and rest from
the heat of the long day a Joy and
a comfort and brings the tired la
borer and the worn out business man
to the beginning of each succeeding
new day rested and refreshed and
ready to battle with the day's duties
with full vim and vigor. This is a
good point In Oklahoma's favor
There may be a few favored places
where the summer climate is more
congenial than it Is in Oklahoma
but how about the winter, and how
about the chances for making money
and how about many other dlsadvan
tages that would weigh against those
other communities if you only tak
time to analyze them. If Oklahom
shows a somewhat disagrees. 1°
brand of weather occasionally for
couple of months In the year, re
member she Is a fruitful and
sourceful state, and she turns the
horn of plenty loose In your lap dur
Ing the other ten months, so that
you husbanded your resources well
you can, If you will, desert her for
nix weeki ir two months out of every
twelve and still make more money
elder Schumacher was too old a
this time to again draw bis sword
In defense of his country, but be had
a sturdy son who took up the gag.-
of battle, girded on his father *
weapon and we next hear of It a
Lunday's Lane more than a quarter
of. a, century after its first owner
had sheathed It at Yorktown! Ir.
1836 there arose a little unpieasai.t
ness with our sister republic which
Is now ha\ ing domestic troubles of
her own. As in the previous wa
there was another Schumacher to
respond to the call and the next
heard of the old sword it was doing
valiant service In Mexico, where it
played no small part in avenging the
Alamo. After peace was restored
the sword was again taken back ti
East Tennessee, where it reposed I
peaceful silence until the great wa
between the States tore the countrj
asunder and brought the faction
face to face who hitherto had fought
together the common enemy. This
time the old blade was drawn under
a new banner, the Stars and Bars,
and for four long bloody years lb
wearer, the fourth of the line to bear
it, performed his duty as he saw i
In 1898 tne call to arms was again
sounded, but so great was the re-
sponse that the fifth in the line n:
Schumacher was denied the privi-
lege of drawing it against the Span-
ish. But the old sword Is burnished
and bright and should ihe necessit
arise there is a Schumacher rea :y
and willing to maintain the tradi
t'ons of the race. The sword is a
heavy dragoon blade, slightly curved,
has a leather scabbard with stive!
trimmings and though it has passed
through some stirring epochs cf
American history is still bright anil
serviceable.
The best yield of wheat so far
reported in this vicinity is 20 acres
pn the Lancaster farm south of tow- j
which made 47 bushels to the acre
and another 20 acres that made *4j
bushels to the acre. J. A. Alexan- (
der had just started threshing before
the rains and says his crop will run
from 20 "to 40 bushels to the acre.
Owing to the numerous rains wheat
threshing Is sIqw and there_ is ver-
little wheat coming to the Texhoma
market yet. But as soon as the
weather fairs up the elevatars wi 1
have all they can handle. Wheat
will likely fall below the estimated
average, but the yield will be good
and the grade fairly good test.
Other crops will be in proportion to
wheat if not better. If there is any-
thing in fine crops Texhoma and vi-
cinity will soon be wallowing in
prosperity and land values should
take a big Jump upwards and stay
up, as the price at present Is not in
proportion to its productive value.—
Texhoma Argus.
If your pocket-bock could
talk-it would recommend
the Ford. The man who
practices economy and
wants utility invests his dol-
lars in the Universal car. He
knows it serves his every
purpose best and at lowest
cost. And don't forget Ford
service and guarantee.
Fne hundred dollars Is the price of the For*
r ;na out. the touring car is fi\e-fifty, the t
car seven-fifty—f. o. b., Detroit, complete wito
equipment. Get catalog and particulars from tne
Guymon Garage & Machine Co.
of it up until they left and gave ex- edly scarce
Oklahoma must produce
THINGS OTHER PAPERS TELL
because he had reason for believing
that the latter had been too intimatej thanthe citizens. do, on the average
Speakman Bros, have finished
threshing their wheat on their school
quarter adjoining town. The yield
was 2,535 bushels. • • * Frank
Towner has had his 190 acre wheat
crop threshed and delivered. He
threshed 3,350 buBhels.—Tyrone Ob-
server.
with his I Thaw's) wife. Thaw was! in any other state in the union
tried on a charge of murder, pleaded M Oklahomahas her faults,.he als
emotional Insanity, dementia Ameri-
cana, or something of that sort, and
—turned loose? Not on your life.
lie was committed to Matteawan, an
has her virtues, and If every one
who has been an Inhabitant of Okla-
Jerome Wilson, while taking a
pleasure stroll through the sand
hills last Sunday afternoon, stum-
bled onto a rusty knife, and in
stooping to pick it up discovered an
elk tooth in the sand near the knife
This led Mr. Wilson to think there
might be other teeth there also, and
after digging a few inches discov
ered the other teeth, forty-four in
all, most of them altogether in a
sort of a pocket in the Band. Mr.
Wilson also found a string of glass
fads and a piece of a human skull.
Strict search failed to reveal any-
thing further, and the supposition i=
that an Indian had been buried there
in the days of long ago, it being the
custom when an Indian died to bury
bis possessions with him, and that
would explain the presence of the
elk teeth, the beads and the knife
which the shifting sand finally re-
vealed. Various portions of a ske'e
ton have been found by different
ones in that locality, and it may be
t at they are a part of the same
being. This was a lucky find for
Mr. Wilson, as the elk teeth are an
fine specimens and are worth any-
where from $300 to $r.00.—Bea\er
Herald.
H. E. G. Putman of the office of
state examiner and inspector w^s
here Tuesday, having been at the
county seat the past week Inspecting
Institution for the care of the crim-
inal insane, and is still spending
hundreds of thousands of dollars In monlsh you to deal with Oklahoma
homa for some time will stop to the records of the county treasurer
consider, he will realize that her vlr-1 which he Baid he found in good
tues far outweigh her drawbacks and shape Mr. Putman was treasurer of
defects So In conclusion, we ad-
as the poet said you should a wo-
man In order to get along with her,
and that Is, "Re to her virtues very
kind, and to her faults a little
• lind," and we are sure that Okla-
homa, like a good woman, will de-
light and prosper you. Anyhow,
don't forget the blessing of her cool
nights.—Alva Pioneer.
Out In the western portion of Car
ter county near the old town of
Sneed lives a man who possesses a
sword that haa been wielded In every
written by Justice Turner in the j war In America from the Revolution
case of Mrs. John Stone, who sought: to the Spanish-American war and
to mandamus the county election has been drawn by the descendants
board of Washita county to place her of the first owner who flashed Its
name on the primary ballot for the'shining length from the scabbard at
office of county clerk The lower' King's mountain under John Sevier
court decided adversely to the psti-1 In 1780, says an Ardmore dispatch
an effort to obtain his liberty. Down
here In Oklahoma, however, when an
irate citizen espies a crippled editor
and empties both barrels of a load d
shotgun Into his back, a plea of
emotional Insanity sends him Scot
free The difference is the differ-
ence between the civilization of
New York and Oklahoma, and Is not
at all creditable to the latter."
The supreme court recently de-
cided that a woman may hold county
office In this state. The opinion was
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SAVING
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CAPITAL AND SURPLUS
$28,.>00.00
To Have Money
in the Bank
gives you a feeling of Inde-
pendence and helps you to
establish a credit.
TRY IT
First National Bank,
OF GUYMON
Beaver county before it was divides.
Forgan Enterprise.
While out in the country Tuesday
the Texan man noticed a field ot
Soudan grass which was excellent
In some parts of the panhp.ndle this
grass is being raised extensively and
It has proved one of the most profit-
able crops grown. We hope this
grass will be given a thorough try-
out here.—Dalhart Texan.
People sometimes go to a funeral
out of respect for the deceased or
for the friends. They sometimes go
to hear what the preacher will say
about the "dear departed." It don't
make much difference to some peo-
ple how a man has lived, they want
to know If he had a hope for the
future, a life policy that would In-
sure against fire, and they think the
preacher will know.—Greeley Coun-
ty Republican.
They tell us the Guymon ball team
is "up on the court house" now.
They beat Liberal this week, 4 to 3,
as well as shutting Texhoma out
last week, and they are thinking
that there is nothing in the "league"
up and down the line that can touch
him. We'll see about that, though.
• • • Mrs. Jack Langston of Guth-
rie, Oklahoma, arrived here the lat-
ter part of last week and visited at
the George langston home until
Monday, when she went to the coun-
try, northwest of town, to visit at
the home of her brother, Joe L. An-
derson.—Texhoma Times.
William Brune is so delighted
with the success of bis silo that he
is making It 33 feet deep and will
dig another in a week or two. He
has proven that the silo is the farm
They are telling things on each
other now, as the following will sub
stantlate from the Cimarron News:
• Frank C.ault of Geary took the edl
tor's seat on the State Board of Ag
rlculture after the courts had set-
tled "who was who," and he appears
to be about as big a grafter as th
editor was. Gault is a candidate for
• he office of president of the Board
of Agriculture and is using the men
now working in that department un-
der him as campaign managers. He
had a man out here last week dis-
tributing his pictures and literature.
This fellow Is supposed to be a live
stock inspector and draws $3.00
day and expenses, and there are
twenty-five of those Inspectors at
work In different parts of the state.
This fellow was here several days
and never inspected a single anima1,
but was very busy electioneering for
Gault. It Is a small graft, but il
of the twenty-five inspectors may be
doing the same thing for Gault,
which is equal to $2,500 per month,
and their expenses will amount to
about that muih also; about $5,000
this month of the taxpayers' money
tp Gault's campaign fund. They
are working under his orders, so If
he will pull off this while a mem-
ber, It is not hard to guess at how
strong he would go If elected as
president of the board. Better vote
for John Favor or J. J. McAlester,
who are paying their own campaign
expenses and bear the reputation of
being honest."
cedent satisfaction. Mr. Foley is, her own supply and th,B can^ l®
quite a baseball enthusiast and we done if the crops which are ordmanly
will expect baseball activities to depended upon to make forage are
take on new life since his return neglected at this critical time.
• • • A general rain visited this sec-1 Entirely too much corn has been
tion Sunday night, doing untold good planted on land which has no
.to feed crops and grass. Localj yielded an average of 2d bushels per
showers had been falling for several acre during the past five year v
davs while it was getting ready for Large areas of this corn may e
the main exhibition. It was no dis-1 damaged by drought that it wilt
appointment when it came. Prac- make neither grain nor good forage,
tlcally every one was through har- On this account, crops which are
vesting, except a few who had been known to be able to produce grain
delaved, and were wishing for rain, t and forage under almost any clrcum-
Some talk was heard that If we stances should be planted. There is
were not careful lots of grain would | still time to plant milo, feterlta.
rot in the stack, which is only a1 sorghum and some Kafir corn with
sequel to what was heard a few day? j the assurance that an ample supply
before that if it did not rain soon of roughage may be secured. These
feed stuff would ruin. There is very1 crops will succeed on wheat stubble
little danger of grain that has been if planted immediately. Care should
properly stacked, rotting even with be taken to see that they are not
twice the rain we have had.—Hans- planted too thick, as grain can on^y
-d Headlight. secured where the plants are
properly spaced. Not over a pound
Henry Rels of Lyons, who re- ■ of seed per acre is needed for the
cently bought 800 acres of land grain sorghums.
three and a half miles north and j Diversity of crops is the only way
one mile west of Kismet, is building, m which any rea progress can be
a two-story twelve room residence, | made along farm^ lines, and farmers
which is to be equipped with furnace <*ould ™t be Influenced to Increase
and electric lights. X large barn. I the acreage of any crop merely be-
cement garage and a fence with gal-'cause the profits from It are greater
vanlzed iron posts will be erected. 1° *ny one V'tlrn Okla
The improvements will coBt about from other crops. Western Okla-
110,000. Mr. Rels has a large steam homa has not yet recovered from the
plow outfit at work and has over evect of the large corn crop grown
400 acres ready for wheat now. He «'* ^mers are
is a practical farmer. He sold a still planting a large acreage to corn
quarter section of land where he for- on land which is not suited to this
merly lived for $10,000 and is well crop because they got a profitable
pleased with this investment. This yield on the same land In the one
land was purchased in 1904 by favorable corn season we have had
Charles F. Delderich of Campbell, in past six years.
Nebraska, for $2 per acre, being sold The heavy yield of wheat this year
by Edwards & Baughman of Plains *°ing *• induce farmers to seed
and it has proved a good Invest- larger areas to wheat next fall than
ment. • • • The petition for a parole they can handle. The experience ot
for Mrs. Hagerty, who was con- six years ago with corn ought u
victed in the district court and sen- serve as a guide in the matter *f
tenced to the penitentiary for keep- sowing vheat.
Ing a house where prostitution was
It is well proven now that a profit-
permitted, which was circulated in able crop of wheat cannot be ex-
the city about ten days ago by her p«*ted on the average unless land can
son E. R. Newell of Phoenix, Ari- be P">perly plowed early In the sea-
zona, was presented to Judt;e Downer
son and the seed put In a seed bed
the other day. But, we understand, which will insure rapid germination
that the court in chambers cannot and vood 8rowth durln8 the fall,
act in cases of this kind and passing Any seeding of wheat in excess of
on the petition has been deferred the area that can be properly pre-
fer the time. It will be remembered, t the right time and in the
that a short time following the an right way will mean a reduction in
noun. ement that the supreme court the average yield, and a consequent
affirmed the lower court regarding reduction in the profits made from
the case, that an application was the wheat.
filed before the supreme court pray- The Production of wheat as vhe
ing for time to prepare papers re-1 only crop on a farm has never proven
questing another hearing before that Profitable, and there Is no indication
court. This was granted, but appar-|that it ever will. Some wheat should
ently the time was not employed for |1)6 ^own
that purpose. A petition for parole
was written and circulated and the
case is now up to the district Judge
as to whether or not the defendant
should be paroled.—Liberal News.
Joe Close passed through town the
first of the week with seven loads of
material with which he expects to
build a granary that will hold all his
grain. • ♦ • Mr. and Mrs. Dave Foley
returned to Hansford the latter part
of last week, after being away for
about a year traveling and trying to
find a better country. This they
have been unable to do, and return
to make thle their home. They have
traded for the Palo-Duro hotel and
will aoon take charge. It will be
remembered that they had charge
A Few Wor l« of ("Mutton
The harvesting of Oklahoma's bi3
wheat crop has demanded practically
all the farmers' time and attention
recently. Little thought has been
given to anything else. Now that
the crop is harvested, it is Imper-
ative that immediate attention be
given to the other farm crops \
they are to be made successful.
The meie production of a big
wheat crop will not insure prosperity
to the country. Other crops must
be carefully taken care of, and they
need attention now. There will be
need of a large amount of roughage
of all kinds this winter, and the neg-
lect of feed crops is going to mean
a serious shortage of grain and
roughage.
Extremely dry weather has pre-
vailed throughout all the states east
and southeast of Oklahoma, and for-
age of all kinds Is apt to be decld-
by every farmer where
conditions are favorable, but the
acreage Bhould be determined by the
profits secured under average condi-
tions %nd not based on results of
the past season.
The banks in your town or any
banker on thlscommltteewlll be glad
to discuss this matter with you, an(T
the agricultural representatives of
the Frisco will be glad to help you
in every way possible In tBfe diver-
sification of your crop*. If you de-
sire their services, please notify the
bank in your town or write Depart-
ment of Development, Frisco Lines,
Saint Louis, Missouri.—Oklahoma
Banker.
FOR SALE
160 acres smooth Texas county
land, all tillable, none better, $600.
No agents. Address 19t3
GEO. R. WITLER,
Route 3, Ponca City. Okla.
Get a free dally, the Pueblo Star-
Journal, at our store with each tS-
cent purchase, or with every 25-cent
delivery purchase.
tf J. G. McLARTY.
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